Even so, whereas Carnegie s theory makes some sense (which is why his essay is remembered so well more than a century later), it isn t obvious that he was right to believe that successful business people are the best administrators of charitable foundations.

President Hugo Chávez showed once again that he enjoys broad support among the nation s poor and desperate, and that he is miles ahead of his opposition in terms of political skill, cunning, and ruthlessness.

Interests and ideology often interact in ways so subtle that is difficult to disentangle them, the influence of interests being achieved through an unconsciously accepted ideology.